Hans-Otto Schumacher

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Hans-Otto Schumacher (born February 17, 1950 in Grevenbroich ) is a former German canoeist who competed in the canoe slalom for the Federal Republic of Germany.

Schumacher started for the KC Grevenbroich. He was seven times German youth champion, two of them in the single canoe . In the adult division, he and Wilhelm Baues were German champions in two-man canoes in 1970, 1972 and 1974 .

At the 1972 Olympic Games , Olympic canoe slalom competitions were held for the first time. On the Augsburger Eiskanal won Rolf-Dieter Amend and Walter Hofmann from the GDR before Schumacher and construction and the French brothers Olry.

In 1973 Schumacher / Baues took third place at the World Championships in Muotathal behind Jiri Krejza and Jaroslav Pollert from Czechoslovakia and Klaus Trummer and Jürgen Kretschmer from the GDR; Schumacher and Baues won the team competition together with Michael Reimann and Olaf Fricke as well as Karl-Heinz Scheffer and Jürgen Steinschulte before Czechoslovakia, the team from the GDR received the bronze medal.

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Munich. Kiel. 1972. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany. Frankfurt am Main 1972

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personal data
SURNAME Schumacher, Hans-Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canoeists
DATE OF BIRTH 17th February 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Grevenbroich